| RefNo | EC/1977/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XX, 54 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Boyse, Edward Arthur: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1972 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Edward Boyse has been primarily responsible for developing a new and important field in cell biology, namely the immunogenetics of cell surface specification. It was his vision and accomplishment to extend the existing serological techniques for studying isoantigenic variation in relation to histocompatibility to the more general and fundamental question of how the genome is involved in the fabrication and differentiation of cell surfaces. As a result of his work we are already a step towards what might be called a descriptive microanatomy of the cell surface composition to cellular interactions of all kinds and morphogenesis in particular. This has required not only theoretical understanding of the problems involved bys also the development of new techniques such as his several modifications of cytotoxicity assays and the antibody-blocking method for plotting the relative positions of gene products, identified as antigens, on the cell surface. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3957 | Boyse; Edward Arthur (1923 - 2007) | 1923 - 2007 |